Public displays of awful parenting

Dangerous Man · 13-07-2011 05:26PM #1

I've seen some magnificent examples of this in my time. None better than in Dolphin's Barn Dublin. On one occassion I overheard a woman yell at her infant son, 'I'll dance on your head if you keep it up.' Another time, a different woman, 'I'll **** you out under a bus ya little bastard' and so on. That says nothing of the times I've seen women slap their kids or little kids hang out with drunken dad with a few cans of Linden Village by the petrol station.

So, AH people - what are your favourites? Any memorable examples? Let's have them.

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:27PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I've seen some magnificent examples of this in my time. None better than in Dolphin's Barn Dublin. On one occassion I overheard a woman yell at her infant son, 'I'll dance on your head if you keep it up.' Another time, a different woman, 'I'll **** you out under a bus ya little bastard' and so on. That says nothing of the times I've seen women slap their kids or little kids hang out with drunken dad with a few cans of Linden Village by the petrol station.

So, AH people - what are your favourites? Any memorable examples? Let's have them.

You're an expert then?

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-07-2011 05:29PM

Maybe the child was a little bastard

mikemac · 13-07-2011 05:29PM

Parents pushing the buggy out to "test" the traffic

So the drivers slam on the brakes and the parent strolls across the road.
There is usually a pedestrian crossing 100 metres up the road.

Except braking distances differ depending on weight and wet/dry conditions and one day and it's only a matter of time driver is going to hit a buggy.

And the driver will be traumatized and blame themselves but really, it wasn't their fault.

orourkeda · 13-07-2011 05:30PM

Parents not throwing their squealing little johnnys under a bus is a poor display of parenting in my view

Dangerous Man · 13-07-2011 05:30PM

kippy wrote: »

You're an expert then?

Just lived for long enough in a shitty enough area to see my fair share. And now, I share with you.

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:31PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Just lived for long enough in a shitty enough area to see my fair share. And now, I share with you.

You've a few yourself? Yeah?

wild_cat · 13-07-2011 05:33PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Just lived for long enough in a shitty enough area to see my fair share. And now, I share with you.

I can back you up on that. I lived around there for two years.

Chuck Stone · 13-07-2011 05:35PM

kippy wrote: »

You're an expert then?

Does it take an expert to know that hitting and threatening children with violence is not good?

Elliemental · 13-07-2011 05:35PM

I heard one local matriarch bawl at her toddler: "I'm going to punch you in the fúcking beak if you do that again."

No idea what the kid was doing, however if you want the child to grow up with a mouth like a dustbin, and no respect for anyone; then I daresay that's a pretty good way of going about it.

MitchKoobski · 13-07-2011 05:35PM

Tall Ships Festival just a week or two ago. Little girl wearing rollerblades was sitting on a table moving a chair back and forth with her foot. She pushed it too far and it fell over. Mother stormed over, slapper her around the head, dragged her off the table saying "You could have hit that man you stupid cow!". She was referring to the old man sitting two tables away who was now staring at the mother in disbelief.
The little girl stood still and started crying to herself. When mother dearest thought she was crying too loudly, she tried to push the girl away. In what was an awkwardly hilarious moment, the girl rolled about 15ft away on the rollerblades and continued crying. A crowd started to gather and mumble amongst themselves, so she took her daughter and left.

Still makes me pissed off thinking of it now.

deman · 13-07-2011 05:36PM

kippy wrote: »

You've a few yourself? Yeah?

Sounds to me, Kippy, that you're trying to defend the bad parents that he's talking about. Has he hit a nerve or what?

drunkmonkey · 13-07-2011 05:39PM

Last Saturday, Little girl starts getting away from her mammy, Mammy reaches forward and rips her back by the pony tail. It was cruel but funny.

stovelid · 13-07-2011 05:39PM

I'm wary of these threads as the last thing we want is a crackdown on us being able to assault our kids for fun.

It's great for letting off steam.

secrecy_ie · 13-07-2011 05:39PM

Saw a woman shouting at her kid:

"Ah go and f*** a duck!"

That stuck in my mind for many reasons...

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:42PM

My parents, my mother in particular, had a brush that she used to "hit" us with, as well as threatening "Violence" (some just a threat) on us. She also slapped us, as did my father (not to hard)
There were five of us. I have great parents. Respect them, and what they did in somewhat tough circumstances, to bring us all up. On the outside some of what they did may be described by the OP here as "bad parenting".
Parents do things to bring up their kids in the best way they know possible.
Some "bad parenting" that others deem to be haven't gotten the foggiest to be honest.

I'm not standing up for "bad" parenting just wondering why people who havent a clue can call what someone does "bad parenting".

the groutch · 13-07-2011 05:42PM

lost count of the number of fathers who drag their kids into a bookies, and once inside completely ignore the kid, except for completely losing the head at the kid if he/she interrupts him while watching a race

Ghost Buster · 13-07-2011 05:43PM

kippy wrote: »

You've a few yourself? Yeah?

I dont know if the Op does but i do and i agree with the OP.
You?

MitchKoobski · 13-07-2011 05:44PM

kippy wrote: »

I'm not standing up for "bad" parenting just wondering why people who havent a clue can call what someone does "bad parenting".

So I can't call hitting a child around the head bad parenting because I don't have a kid and wouldn't understand?

Millicent · 13-07-2011 05:45PM

kippy wrote: »

My parents, my mother in particular, had a brush that she used to "hit" us with, as well as threatening "Violence" (some just a threat) on us. She also slapped us, as did my father (not to hard)
There were five of us. I have great parents. Respect them, and what they did in somewhat tough circumstances, to bring us all up. On the outside some of what they did may be described by the OP here as "bad parenting".
Parents do things to bring up their kids in the best way they know possible.
Some "bad parenting" that others deem to be haven't gotten the foggiest to be honest.

I'm not standing up for "bad" parenting just wondering why people who havent a clue can call what someone does "bad parenting".

I'm pretty sure threatening to throw your child under a bus is quite clearly bad parenting. And I say this as a child who was no stranger to the wooden spoon!

wild_cat · 13-07-2011 05:45PM

kippy wrote: »

My parents, my mother in particular, had a brush that she used to "hit" us with, as well as threatening "Violence" (some just a threat) on us. She also slapped us, as did my father (not to hard)
There were five of us. I have great parents. Respect them, and what they did in somewhat tough circumstances, to bring us all up. On the outside some of what they did may be described by the OP here as "bad parenting".
Parents do things to bring up their kids in the best way they know possible.
Some "bad parenting" that others deem to be haven't gotten the foggiest to be honest.

I'm not standing up for "bad" parenting just wondering why people who havent a clue can call what someone does "bad parenting".

So its ok to call your child a cùnt in public?

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:46PM

MitchKoobski wrote: »

So I can't call hitting a child around the head bad parenting because I don't have a kid and wouldn't understand?

The OP didn't mention anything about "hitting a child around the head".

stovelid · 13-07-2011 05:46PM

the groutch wrote: »

lost count of the number of fathers who drag their kids into a bookies, and once inside completely ignore the kid, except for completely losing the head at the kid if he/she interrupts him while watching a race

This makes my blood boil!

The idle little fuckers should be fetching snacks and dropping the dockets up instead of standing around doing nothing.

syklops · 13-07-2011 05:46PM

I remember the famous post on here years ago, there was a kid having a tantrum in the shop, and the mother said to him:"If you dont behave you'll have no new toys and no mcdonalds for a WHOLE WEEK".

Sounds like bad parenting to me.

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:47PM

wild_cat wrote: »

So its ok to call your child a cùnt in public?

Again, the OP didn't use that example.
Using bad language in general, with your child or other wise isn't a very good example to be setting however I wouldn't call it bad parenting.

rocco. · 13-07-2011 05:48PM

kippy wrote: »

The OP didn't mention anything about "hitting a child around the head".

Whats your problem?? Is it acceptable for a parent to threaten a child by telling them they will dance on their head?

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:50PM

rocco. wrote: »

Whats your problem?? Is it acceptable for a parent to threaten a child by telling them they will dance on their head?

Yes.
In the same way as threatening that the boogy man will come and get them if they are bold.

the groutch · 13-07-2011 05:51PM

syklops wrote: »

:"If you dont behave you'll have no new toys and no mcdonalds for a WHOLE WEEK".

Sounds like bad parenting to me.

shows how spoilt some kids are, growing up I'd be lucky to go to Mickey D's once a month
and I only got toys for birthday/crimbo or bought them with pocket money

kippy · 13-07-2011 05:51PM

Millicent wrote: »

I'm pretty sure threatening to throw your child under a bus is quite clearly bad parenting. And I say this as a child who was no stranger to the wooden spoon!

Were any kids killed in the making of that threat?

Italia · 13-07-2011 05:51PM

Today's kids are in MANY cases a bunch of rude, disrespectful, uncouth, crass dipsticks.
Do I blame them? In most cases no. I blame their parents for being soft, too PC and in many cases disinterested in what their kids do or where they are..... until it is too late.

I don't belt my kids or have to shout (neither does my wife), but they know exactly where the line is. We apply basic old-fashioned standards in the house and everyone (me included) abides by them.

stovelid · 13-07-2011 05:53PM

Italia wrote: »

We apply basic old-fashioned standards in the house and everyone (me included) abides by them.

Putting them to work in coal mines and cleaning chimneys takes away jobs from adult tradespeople though.

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